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Nebraska colleges that awarded Human Services credentials

5 colleges in Nebraska reported conferring Human Services credentials to the federal IPEDS collection in 2024-25, and every one of them also awarded in the year before. 5 awarded a degree. That is a record of credentials already awarded, not confirmation that a program is currently admitting. Graduates of the typical Nebraska bachelor's program in Human Services earned a median $51,673 four years after graduating, 6% above the $48,597 national median for the same credential (1 programs, College Scorecard, 2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23).

Quick answers

How much do Human Services graduates of Nebraska bachelor's programs earn?
Graduates of the typical Nebraska bachelor's program in Human Services earned a median $51,673 four years after graduating, 6% above the $48,597 national median for the same credential (1 programs, College Scorecard, 2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23).
Which Human Services programs in Nebraska have the highest graduate earnings?
Among 1 Nebraska bachelor's programs in Human Services, Doane University graduates had the highest median, $51,673 four years after graduating (College Scorecard, 2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23).

Colleges and what they awarded

Largest first by credentials conferred in 2024-25. That order measures the size of the graduating class and nothing else: it is not a ranking, and the largest entry is often a certificate provider rather than the strongest degree program. The credential is labelled on every row for exactly that reason.

Colleges in Nebraska that conferred Human Services credentials in 2024-25, with the number awarded and whether any was a degree.
CollegeCredentials awardedHighest level
Metropolitan Community College Area45Degree
Bellevue University27Degree
Midland University10Degree
Doane University7Degree
Northeast Community College7Degree

Which Human Services programs in Nebraska have the highest graduate earnings?

Among 1 Nebraska bachelor's programs in Human Services with federal earnings data, Doane University graduates earn the highest median, $51,673 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $23,484. The national median for bachelor's graduates in the same program is $48,597. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

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Bachelor's programs · 1 with earnings data · national median $48,597

Bachelor's programs in Human Services in Nebraska, by median earnings four years after graduating (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23), with median federal debt.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs after1 yr after (later class)Debt borrowed at this college (median)
Doane University$51,673$38,613$23,484
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Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality. Federal program group: Human Services, General. Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. The one-year column is a later class (graduates of 2018-19 and 2019-20, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars), so it is not the same graduates' pay a few years earlier. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates live as well as the program itself. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, 10 June 2026. How much the college matters, by major.

Looking for Human Services programs in Nebraska? This page lists every college that reported awarding Human Services credentials to the federal government in 2024-25 — 5 of them — with the credential level each one awarded. That is a record of credentials conferred, not a confirmation that a college is currently admitting students, so confirm current availability with the college before it changes where you apply.

How much of this field is in Nebraska

Credentials awarded
96
Share of U.S. total
0.8%
Colleges awarding it
5
Awarding a degree
5

Nebraska colleges conferred 96 Human Services credentials in 2024-25, which is 0.8% of the 12,164 conferred across the 49 U.S. jurisdictions reporting any. Of the 5 colleges here, every one awarded a degree. These counts measure the size of graduating classes, not program quality, and not how many students are currently enrolled.

What level those credentials were

  • Certificates: 14%, 13 credentials.
  • Associate: 41%, 39 credentials.
  • Bachelor's: 34%, 33 credentials.
  • Graduate: 11%, 11 credentials.

Most Human Services credentials awarded in Nebraska were associate degrees. That is 13 percentage points less weighted toward bachelor's degrees than the field nationally, where they are 48% of credentials. A certificate is a different credential from a degree, not a lesser one, and the level a program awards is set by the program rather than by the student.

We measured how much this varies nationwide, and for most fields the credential level is set by the field rather than the state: is your major a certificate or a degree?

How concentrated it is. The single college with the largest reported graduating class in this field accounted for 47% of Nebraska’s Human Services credentials. Activity is spread across several institutions rather than sitting with one.

What these Nebraska colleges cost

Median net price across the 5 of these 5 colleges that report it, by family income. Net price is what students receiving federal aid actually paid for the WHOLE college after grants and scholarships, so it is not the price of a Human Services program specifically, and not a quote for any family.

0-30k
$19,899
30-48k
$20,021
48-75k
$24,009
75-110k
$22,691
110k+
$26,119

A family earning under $30,000 paid a median of $19,899 at these colleges, against $26,119 for a family earning over $110,000. Individual colleges vary widely around these medians. See every Nebraska college by income band.

What this evidence does and does not prove

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.

How this list was built

From the U.S. Department of Education IPEDS completions collection, matched to each college on its exact federal program classification. A college appears only if it conferred credentials in both 2023-24 and 2024-25, which is what separates a running program from one that has already closed.

This page exists because its list of colleges is materially different from that of every closely related field in Nebraska — the fields a reader could otherwise mistake it for, such as two engineering disciplines, or nursing and practical nursing. Where a related field resolves to the same colleges, the second page would be the first one with its title changed, and CampusPin does not publish it. Sharing colleges with an unrelated field is different, and not a reason to withhold the page: in most states the same colleges award business, psychology and biology alike, which says something about the colleges rather than about the fields. We measured exactly how often that happens, and published the result: does choosing a major narrow your college list?

What Human Services graduates go on to do

Occupations the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk associates with Human Services, ordered by projected annual openings. National figures: openings and pay do not vary by where you studied, and the crosswalk describes related fields rather than a required or guaranteed path.

Occupations associated with Human Services, with median annual wage, projected annual openings, and the education most entrants hold.
OccupationMedian payOpenings / yrMost entrants hold
Social and Human Service Assistants$45,12050,600High school diploma or equivalent
Social and Community Service Managers$78,24018,600Bachelor's degree
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$54,94013,100Bachelor's degree

Crosswalk: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), CIP 2020 to SOC 2018. Pay and projections: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024 wages, Employment Projections). “Most entrants hold” is what BLS observes about people already in the occupation, not a legal requirement, an admission rule, or a guarantee of entry. Projected openings are a projection, not jobs promised.

Questions about Human Services in Nebraska

How many colleges in Nebraska awarded Human Services credentials?
5 colleges in Nebraska reported conferring Human Services credentials to the federal IPEDS completions collection in 2024-25, 5 of them a degree rather than only a certificate. Together they awarded 96 credentials in the fields covered.
Which Human Services programs in Nebraska have the highest graduate earnings?
Among 1 Nebraska bachelor's programs in Human Services with federal earnings data, Doane University graduates earn the highest median, $51,673 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $23,484. The national median for bachelor's graduates in the same program is $48,597. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)
Does this mean these colleges currently offer Human Services?
Not necessarily. Completions record credentials already awarded, so they confirm a program ran and graduated students. They do not confirm it is still admitting. Every college here also awarded in the prior year, which makes a closed program less likely, but confirm directly with the institution before it affects where you apply.
Is a college missing from this list?
Possibly. A new program with no graduates yet does not appear, and CampusPin matches the federal classification exactly rather than guessing, so a college filing under a neighbouring code is absent. Absence is never evidence a program does not exist.

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